Albert Farmer, prominent merchant and farmer murdered in Wayne County Sunday evening, had no local relations so far as could be learned Tuesday. Farmer was first reported to have been a Kinston man. Early reports indicated he had been killed in an automobile accident.
Alonzo Greenfield, a negro, was arrested Monday by a posse. The posse continued a search for James Greenfield, a brother of Alonzo. A Mount Olive dispatch said the shooting of Farmer followed an affray between one of the Greenfields and a brother of the slain man. Several negroes approached Farmer and, mistaking him for his brother, one of the number shot him. A.E. Edmondson, prominent farmer and innocent bystander, was shot through a leg. Edmondson had a small girl with him. Feeling is reported to be running high in the Mount Olive section.
From the front page of The Daily Free Press, Kinston, N.C., Oct. 24, 1922
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